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Any hardy bog orchid of the genus Pogonia terrestrial orchids having slender rootstocks and erect stems bearing one or a few leaves and a solitary terminal flower
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pogonia
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Pogonia is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae ) belonging to the subfamily Vanilloideae . The genus takes its name from the Greek pōgōn and pōgōníās, meaning, respectively, 'beard' and 'bearded.' The species of Pogonia are widespread in East Asia and ...
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n. any hardy bog orchid of the genus Pogonia: terrestrial orchids having slender rootstocks and erect stems bearing one or a few leaves and a solitary terminal flower
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n. (context botany English) Any of the orchid genus (taxlink Pogonia genus noshow=1).
Usage examples of pogonia.
The azaleas succeeded to the anemones, the orchis and trillium followed, then the yellow gerardias and the feathery purple pogonias, and finally the growing gleam of the golden-rods along the wood-side and the red umbels of the tall eupatoriums in the meadow announced the close of summer.